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Apr 29, 2010 at 12:01 AM

New groups at Schwartz Center

New groups at Schwartz Center

The Schwartz Center for Children is seeking participants to enroll in interactive parent and sibling groups held at the center. These groups are part of the Family University, an educational program designed for families that have children with special needs.

The parent and sibling groups will meet Tuesdays for five weeks beginning 6 p.m. May 18. The sibling group will be facilitated by Dr. Richard Rende, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, and is open to the siblings of children with disabilities. Sessions will allow siblings to share their common experiences as well as teach appropriate ways to express their needs and desires to their families.

The parenting group will be led by Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, assistant professor of psychology at UMass Dartmouth. This group teaches parents to build practical skills to improve relationships and functioning within their family.

Both groups will work together through exercises to explore the issues that can occur within a family when one of the children has a developmental disability. For more information, contact Lauren Moreau at 508-996.3391 ext. 427 or lmoreau@schwartzcenter.org.

1. The MSNBC story was spawned by KFC's release of its Double Down sandwich, which features bacon, cheese and "sauce" between two original-recipe chicken breasts. What's the calorie count, according to KFC?

a) 1,380

b) 830

c) 540

2. Fattening as that sandwich is, it pales compared with the Wendy's Baconator Double (two quarter-pound beef patties, six strips of bacon), which weighs in at how many calories, according to Wendy's?

a) 1,380

b) 980

c) 830

3. A Chicago Sun-Times food blogger recently wrote about bringing which dessert treat to her daughter's school?

a) Bacon chocolate chip cookies

b) Maple bacon lollipops

c) Bacon cheesecake

4. Maple bacon lollipops, made by Lolliphile, are a real candy treat. The company recently added which ingredient to make the bacon pops even more appetizing?

a) Scrambled eggs

b) Caffeine

c) Vodka

5. According to the "Supermarket Guru" Web site, between 2005 and 2009, the number of bacon burgers offered at the nation's restaurants rose by what percentage?